Nintendo revealed during its Japanese Nintendo Direct stream on Thursday that Konami is developing a new game in its Momotaro Densetsu game series titled Momotaro Densetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (A Staple in the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa Periods!) for the Nintendo Switch. The game is slated for a 2020 release. Series creator Akira Sakuma returns as designer and director for the game.

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The first game in the series by Hudson Soft in 1987. Konami absorbed Hudson Soft and the rights to the series in 2012. The game series spawned a 51-episode television anime series in 1989, and a 24-episode spinoff television anime titled Peach Command Shin Momotaro Densetsu in 1990.